Combined carrier and lamp.



C. A. FERRY. COMBINED CARRlER AND LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21. 1917. 1,231,146. Patented June 26,1917.

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C. A. FERRY. COMBINED CARRIER AND LAMP.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-27.1917. 1,231,146. Patented June 26, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed February 27, 1917. Serial No. 151,338.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat I, CHARLES ARTHUR FERRY, a citizenof the United States, residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain' new and useful Improvements in Coinbined Carriers and Lamps, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates toilluminating means, and especially of the combined lamp and structure type. As is Well known, milk-men, for example, make very early deliveries, and under the modern practice, bottled milk is carried by them in metallic baskets. As these deliveries are ordinarily made when it isdark, it often requires that they carry a lantern. As a result, they have but one hand to use in carrying a basket of milk bottles.

The object of the present invention is. to provide means whereby a lamp is supported directly on a milk bottle or other analogous carrier, so that the deliveryman may use both hands, and thus carry two baskets.

One ombodiment of the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a well known type of milk bottle basket, showing the lamp mounted thereon,

Fig. 2 is a. plan View of the structure and lam Fig. 3 is a vertical detail section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4: is a cross sectional view through the handle grip on the line H of Fig. 1,

Figs. 5 and 6 are detail perspective views of elements of the clamp structure,

Fig. 7 is a detail view of a slightly modified form of clamping means,

Fig. 8 is a rear elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 7,

Fig. 9 is a detail sectional view illustrating the connection between the generator conduit and the handle.

Similar reference numerals designate cor responding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the embodiment illustrated, the basket body is designated generally by the reference numeral 10, and may be of any well known character. It is provided with spaced upstanding brackets 11 terminating in collars 12, in which may be threaded set screws13, or other suitable fastening means.

The handle is preferably a substantially this bracket having Ushaped tube, having closed ends, said handle thus having upright side arms 1% and a connecting hand grip 15. The lower ends of the side arms fit within the collars 12, and are suitably clamped by the set screws 13. The hand grip 15 may be enlarged and roughened by a suitable coil 16.

Mounted on one of the side arms 11 is a lamp 17, which in the embodiment illustrated, is provided with an acetylene gas burner indicated atlS, said gas burner having a supply pipe 19, which is in communication with the bore of'the handle tube. In order to secure the lamp in place, a clamping sleeve 20 surrounds the arm 14-, and has riveted to it, a fixed plate 21, and a spaced clamping plate 22. The lamp is provided with a bracket, preferably formed of wire, spaced side arms 23, the upper ends of which are connected by a downturned loop 24 that detachably fits between the plates 21 and 22. The ends of the wire extend below the lamp 17 and are turned rearwardly, as shown at 25, where they enter slots 25 in a plate 26 and are threaded to receive wing nuts 27, the ends being upset to prevent wing nuts coming off.

011 the other arm to that carrying the lamp 17 is an acetylene gas generator 28, which may be of any well known or desired construction This generator has a delivery conduit 29 that is in communication with the bore of the handle tube, and said conduit has a suitable controlling valve 30. As shown particularly in Fig. 9, the end of the conduit 29 is received in a socket 31 formed in the arm 14-, and a packing gasket 32 is interposed between the end of the conduit and the bottom of the socket, thus providing a gas-tight joint. In mounting the generator 28 upon the side arm, a clamp 33 corresponding to the clamps 21 and 22, is carried by said side arm and receives a depending loop 341 of a wire hoop 35 that surrounds the generator 28. Another hoop 36, surrounding the lower portion of the generator, has rcarWardly extending rods 37 that pass through slots in a plate 38 carried by the arm 14. Wing nuts 39, threaded on the rods 37, serve to draw the generator to- Ward the arm 11, and thus effect a tight joint between the conduit 29 and the handle tube, the ends of rods 37 being upset to prevent the Wing nuts coming off.

It is believed that the operation of this device will be readily understood. Gas

formed in the generator 28 Will pass through the conduit 29 when the valve 30 is opened, and thence through the handle to the lamp 17, where it will be burned. The user of the structure therefore in carrying the basket also carries the lamp so that both can be transported by one hand, leaving the'other hand free. If necessary or desired, either the lamp or the generator can be detached from the structure, or the handle entirely removed and replaced by one without a lamp mounted thereon.

The clamping means for the lamp, and generator may take various. forms. lhus, for example, instead of the rods 37 and wing nuts 39, or the rods 25' and Wingnuts. 2'2, said rods may be, as shown in Figs. 7 and 8, provided with terminal hooks engaged;

with suitable tightening and clampingle vers 4:1 fulcrumed on the upstanding arm 14%, which levers. can be turned to: draw the rods tightly against the lamp or generator,

and held by suitable clips 42.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation, and many advan tages of the herein described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art, without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to, secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a carrier structure of the character set forth, the combination with a basket, of a handle bail mounted thereon, a lamp sup- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ported on one side of the handle bail, and illuminant supplying means for the lamp mounted on the other side of the bail and supported thereby above the basket.

2. In acarrier structure of the character set forth, the combination with a handle bail, of means for detachably connecting the ends thereof to a basket, and a lamp and illuminant supplying means for said lamp, both mounted onthebail and being thereby mounted on a, basket to which the bail is attached, the structure as a unit being detachable from said basket.

8. In a carrier structure of the character set forth, the combination. with a container, of a handle bail therefor having side arms, a lamp located alongside one of. the side arms having means for detachably mounting the a e aid plying member for the lamplocated alongside the other side arm, and clamping means for detachably mounting the illuminant-supplying member on said other side arm.

4,. In combination with a handle bail comprising upstanding side arms and a connecting grip, said side arms and grip comprising a substantially U-shaped tube, of a gas lamp mounted on one of the side arms and having a supply tube communicating with the bore of the handle bail, and a gas generator mounted on the other of the side arms and having a delivery conduit communicating with the bore of the handle bail. In testimony whereof,.I affix my signature in the presence of two, witnesses.v

CHARLES A. FERRY. Witnesses:

Jenn; C, GOBSUGH, VELDA ADAMs.

five. cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. G.

side arms, an illuminant sup-' 

